Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The heritage team at the Palmerston North city library celebrates local history week 2020, hosting seven days of events which include walks, talks, day trips and presen...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          October 17, 2020

This postcard looks over The Lakelet to the section of The Square between the corners of Fitzherbert Avenue and Church Street West.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1910

This shot of Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) looks toward The Square. It must have been taken before 1929 because of the presence of both the Post Office Hotel and C Smith Ltd - the former burnt down that year and the latter was purchased and r...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1920s

This photograph shows the Lakelet on the west side of The Square, near the Church Street corner. The clothing worn by the children dates them to the 1920s. JP Leary's music business was in existence in 1920 and Mortensen the watchmaker was trading...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1920 to 1925

A man in a bench reclines and smiles for the camera in this photograph of The Square from the early 1900s. The Statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe was constructed in The Square in 1907. It was commissioned by his sister Ereni Te Awe Awe and designed by ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907